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Goods, Sites, and Need
Scarcity is the other combat
The Realm runs on three goods: Provisions, Materials, and Luxuries. Each House is rated Surplus, Neutral, or Need in each. You begin with 2 Order, 1 Influence, 2 Coin, and 1 unit of your primary Need good. Cap 5 per good and 10 Coin. Consume 1 unit of the primary Need each cycle.
| Good | Primary pressure |
|---|---|
| Provisions | Consumption, healing, travel, emergency relief. |
| Materials | Structures, repair, siege, infrastructure. |
| Luxuries | Influence, diplomacy, discovery, prestige. |
| Rating | Production each cycle |
|---|---|
| Surplus | +2 |
| Neutral | +1 |
| Need | 0 |
Provisions shortage prevents normal field wound-clearing. Materials shortage prevents construction or infrastructure upgrades. Luxuries shortage prevents passive Influence rewards from normal trade or diplomacy. A second consecutive shortage adds +1 Chaos. Third and later consecutive shortages keep the penalty but add no further automatic Chaos. A shortage clears only when the Need is actually satisfied during the economy step.
Claims
Realm Seed places two neutral production sites of different Goods types. A valid Claim marks control; the site activates next cycle. Controlled, uncontrolled, neutral, disputed, contested, and revealed are different words. Learn them. A Contested site has opposing characters or effects currently disputing control. Neutral means no House has established control.